DISSIPATE


Meaning of DISSIPATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsɪpeɪt ]

( dissipates, dissipating, dissipated)

1.

When something dissipates or when you dissipate it, it becomes less or becomes less strong until it disappears or goes away completely. ( FORMAL )

The tension in the room had dissipated...

He wound down the windows to dissipate the heat.

VERB : V , V n

2.

When someone dissipates money, time, or effort, they waste it in a foolish way. ( FORMAL )

He is dissipating his time and energy on too many different things...

VERB : V n

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